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Starry Messenger

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25. People think their behavior here has no consequences.

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 28, 2014, 03:14 AM

Sep 2014

The owners of the website treat this as an entertainment site and don't think the abuse that anti-teacher trolls (as well as many others) mete out, has real world effects.

It does.

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Curmudgucation: Directory of Anti-Teacher Trolls [View all] madfloridian Sep 2014 OP

You forgot the Troll who likes to accuse other posters of being Trolls. 3rdwaydem Sep 2014 #1

Cute response. madfloridian Sep 2014 #2

Just kidding, I really enjoyed your post. 3rdwaydem Sep 2014 #3

Please everyone notice the reference to DU! femmocrat Sep 2014 #4

.... madfloridian Sep 2014 #5

The BOG is world famous! BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #8

+1 woo me with science Sep 2014 #22

People think their behavior here has no consequences. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #25

Very true. madfloridian Sep 2014 #26

Unlikely Anecdote Troll madfloridian Sep 2014 #6

Or they taught that the earth revolves around the sun! BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #7

+1000 wcast Sep 2014 #14

This one is my favorite wcast Sep 2014 #13

My fave! Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #19

Hear a lot of them lately. madfloridian Sep 2014 #20

+1 woo me with science Sep 2014 #24

K&R. I always love your posts madfloridian. liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #9

so true......and then there is the bbgrunt Sep 2014 #10

I feel much better for reading that Half-Century Man Sep 2014 #11

I especially loved the Fake Statistic Troll....lots of that going around. madfloridian Sep 2014 #12

OMG!!!!! WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2014 #15

I thought this was going to be a directory of DU posters. roody Sep 2014 #16

Oh, yeah, definitely against the rules. madfloridian Sep 2014 #17

Sad Bitter Memories Troll LWolf Sep 2014 #18

And take their tenure away asap! madfloridian Sep 2014 #27

Thank you for this. There is a tendency to see these same patterns over and over again. Wella Sep 2014 #21

Yes, he did a great job of categorizing them accurately. Now I will lol .... madfloridian Sep 2014 #23

Great. Just laugh at them. Wella Sep 2014 #28

I agree. madfloridian Sep 2014 #29

I think Hater Troll is redundant. Rex Sep 2014 #30

Well that got my blood moving this morning Generic Other Sep 2014 #31